Though I love to use stencil on most of my card and projects I have
hardly used them to create complete backgrounds.For this card I created
the colored panel with stencil n Distress inks.Then I cut it into 3 strips and adhered them on textured black card base.

At this point I was stuck what to add next ,flowers,doily ? No I didn't want the background to loose focus ,Vellum came to my rescue ! I glued few sequins before adhering the vellum strip.Attached a black border to the vellum strip and thin glitter strip for interest.white butterflies to break the colors .Finished off by writing the sentiment with Stickles.

24 Sep 2015

Started by stamping the muffin on watercolor paper with Archival ink,fussy cut and colored it using water color pencils,did some paper piecing for the base.Than I cut out a circular frame from silver glitter paper.Sponged distress ink on the card base through a circle mask and sponged same ink again through a stencil.

CAS Birthday Card

The sentiment is heat embossed on black cardstock and finished off with few vellum circle and sequins.

16 Sep 2015

YES !! you have guessed it Right .I have joined the art-journaling
bandwagon ! Though I have shared few of my attempts at drawing faces on
fb page,Didn't make a proper Art-journal.I used old manual to practise
drawing n coloring.Thanks to ongoing Lessology challenge I made one.I
have reused papers from various old manuals for it .All papers are plain
white on one side and have some text or image on other side.Sharing the
steps.

My journal measures 5.5 x 8 inches.Rather than making a separate cardboard cover I made first page as cover page for the journal.I have applied coats of gesso on it ,then textures paste with palette knife .After it was dry used various stencils ,acrylic colors and gelatos drew and pained the heart with wings."ART" is cut from a scrap paper with black texture paste on it .